| 1 | Centre extended Partial Credit Guarantee Scheme (PCGS) 2.0 by 3 months till Nov 11, 2020 |
| 2 | Manduadih Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh to be renamed as ‘Banaras’: MHA |
| 3 | President gives Nod for Renaming of HRD Ministry to Ministry of Education |
| 4 | India, UAE hold 13th Session of the India-UAE Joint Commission Meeting on Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation |
| 5 | India ranked 1st in number of organic farmers and 9th in terms of area under organic farming: MoA&FW |
| 6 | Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed CII Public Health Conference; India Healthcare Week (Aug 17-21, 2020) launched |
| 7 | UAE-Israel agreed for peace agreement namely “Abraham Accord” |
| 8 | Muthoot Finance Partnered with Kotak Mahindra General Insurance to Offer COVID-19 Insurance Cover Against Gold Loan |
| 9 | Flipkart signs MoU with IIT Patna for Industry Focused Research |
| 10 | Akshay Kumar Ranked 6th, the only Indian Actor in the List, Dwayne Johnson tops: Forbes’ list of ‘The Highest-Paid Actors 2020’ |
| 11 | Satya Pal Malik Appointed as Governor of Meghalaya; Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari given Additional Charge of Goa |
| 12 | Rakesh Asthana IPS, appointed as the Director General of the Border Security Force |
| 13 | DBS Bank India Ltd Appointed Prashant Joshi as MD and Head of National Distribution |
| 14 | Cricketer Rohit Sharma Appointed Oakley’s Brand Ambassador in India |
| 15 | MoTA: Launched Tribal Health & Nutrition Portal – “Swasthya” and Opened National Overseas Portal & National Tribal Fellowship Portal |
| 16 | Nitin Gadkari Launched VedKrishi.com an Online Farm to Fork Service Promoted by Farmers |
| 17 | England Cricketer Laura Marsh announces retirement |
| 18 | Hindustani Classical Vocalist & Padma Awardee Pandit Jasraj Passed Away at 90 |
| 19 | British Tennis Great Angela Buxton dies at 85 |
| 20 | Computer scientist Russell Kirsch, who invented pixel, passes away at 91 |
| 21 | Andhra CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy Launches UPI-based Payment facilities in Village, Ward Secretariats |
| 22 | Anil Mukim, Gujarat Chief Secretary gets 6 Month Extension |
| 23 | Gujarat Names Two Flyover of Ahmedabad After Late Arun Jaitley & Sushma Swaraj |
| 24 | Jharkhand introduced new State Logo at Ranchi |
| 25 | Dream11 wins IPL title sponsorship rights |
| 26 | Soumya Swaminathan honoured with Tamil Nadu CM’s special award |
